Welcome to Kinni Valley Riding Academy! Here, people of all ages and abilities come to experience joy in the company of horses.

Our training philosophy, developed by owner, trainer, and instructor Carolyn Lowe Laurel, fuses her lifetime of experience in a family riding business, more than 25 years as an equitation instructor and years of clinic experience with internationally acclaimed trainers of dressage and western performance. Whatever your interests and goals, we aim to help you learn how to ride with ease, balance, and confidence. Focus is on concentration, connection, and clarity of communication between horse and rider. We welcome you to come and experience this fabulous environment.

At Kinni Valley, riders can take private, semi-private, or group lessons in Western riding or Dressage and ride through 150 acres of woods, streams, and meadows, while building relationships with any of our 40 talented, gentle lesson horses.

Nothing forced can ever be beautiful." - Xenophon, On Horsemanship, 4th Century B.C.

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